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Consent-General Government # 16.
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| Board of Supervisors |
County Administrator |
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| Approve agreement with Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. for a one-time grant of $100,000 from 2017-18 Pomona Funds allocation for the purpose of operating the Crisis Nursery in 2017-18. (No general fund impact) (Blacklock/West) |
| Recommended Action |
| Approve agreement with Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. for a one-time grant of $100,000 from 2017-18 Pomona Funds allocation for the purpose of operating the Crisis Nursery in 2017-18. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
| Thriving Residents |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
Background
On March 27, 2014 EMQ Families First formally announced that it did not plan to continue operating the Yolo Crisis Nursery effective June 30, 2014. EMQ Families First was the parent organization for the Yolo Crisis Nursery program, which has been in operation in Yolo County for fourteen years and works towards the goal of preventing child abuse by offering a safe and healthy place parents can voluntarily place their young children (ages 0-5) for child care during difficult times.
Services provided by the Crisis Nursery include the following:
- Crisis respite overnight care for children ages 0-5
- Crisis respite daycare for children ages 0-5 from 7am-7pm
- Respite daycare for foster parents of children ages 0-5 from 7am-7pm
- Subsidized preschool for children ages 2-5 from 9am-12pm
- Case management for parents
- Referrals to community resources
- Emergency transportation of clients
- Assessment and referrals for children
- Care packages
Following the announcement of EMQ, members of the Yolo community expressed significant concern over the potential loss of the program, and a large community effort was undertaken to save the program. EMQ Families First agreed to continue operating the program through FY 14-15, in order to allow the program to conduct fundraising, develop an operating plan and establish independent 501(c)3 status. Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. was officially established as an independent non-profit (separating from EMQ Families First) on July 1, 2015.
The County provided $80,000 to the Crisis Nursery in FY 14-15 and $100,000 in both FY 15-16 and FY 16-17 to ensure the continued operation of the program, with the requirement that the Nursery provide data on program usage to the County. Attachment B displays a summary of performance data for the Crisis Nursery for FY 16-17.
Recommended Action
The Board for Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. has requested an additional provision of $100,000 in FY 17-18. Over FY 2016-17 the Yolo Crisis Nursery saw an increase in children served – up 38% over the previous year – and added professional staff to meet the demand for service. In addition, the Board and staff launched a long-range strategic planning process to create a three-year plan addressing program growth and sustainability.
The additional funding requested for FY 17-18 would assist in operations of the Crisis Nursery as they continue to build a sustainable funding base.
At this time, staff recommends that the Board approve the agreement with Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. (see Attachment B) for a one-time grant of $100,000. Under this new agreement the County will continue to require the Crisis Nursery to provide performance measurement data in a results based accountability format in line with the Yolo Performance model.
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| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc.
County Counsel has approved the agreement as to form. |
| Competitive Bid Process |
No competitive bid process was conducted.
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
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| On June 13, 2017 the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to approve the 2017-18 Recommended Budget, including the provision of $100,000 from the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Pomona Funds allocation to Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. for the purpose of operating the Crisis Nursery from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. |
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